Stochasticity Bonus Video!

Monday, June 15, 2009 - 08:00 PM

We have a special bonus this week to accompany our Stochasticity episode. We asked our friends, Higher Mammals to produce a song and video for our Stochasticity show. We hope you find it completely Random!

Comments [28]

I've really enjoyed the RadioLab podcasts and this video was pretty good too. However, I thought it would be the theme that I heard in the episode to the tune of School House Rock "Electricity". Oh well, thanks for making radio interesting. :-)

*Sorry for the double-post*((This is the 2nd part of my 1st post))Happy to see your guys' brains are still working! (While most of America has been drugged by TV...)

P.S. It's hard to remember faces, but I was at the "Sometimes behaves so strangely" show in Ohio. It was an hour or 2 to get there, just saying "Hi".I still have a picture of me with Jad. =D

If it helps I'm only 14ish... But this program excells at superb intellegence, and the main thing that makes RL work is the way you guys' feed us the info. It's not like school where we get info fed through tubes into our brains.

Thank you RadioLab!I'm happy I've been a faithful member (Not yet old enough to donate) but nonetheless I must say that nothing on(in?)the internet tops you guys. ^^This vid is also something I would expect from RL, it's funny, playful, worth watching, and I've learned a new word!

Sorry to say, this Higher Mammals video is the most vapid, empty-headed thing I've ever witnessed on my computer screen. That the Radio Lab feed served as the Trojan horse to get it to me does not bode well.

"I’m a really big fan of your program, appreciating especially the thoughtfulness, and precision, and playfulness that characterize every level of the show’s production."

The key word in there is "playfulness." One must admit that this video is pretty darn playful. I do agree that it might have been a little out-of-place, but this "internet vitriol" was certainly entertaining and helped me remember the word "stochasticity."

I'm a really big fan of your program, appreciating especially the thoughtfulness, and precision, and playfulness that characterize every level of the show's production.

Could someone explain to me the point of this video (beyond "it's random!")? Did I miss something? What I'm looking at is incoherent and abrasive. One man's opinion, I guess, but I'd be more willing to accept the unpleasantness if it were making a point - like the (superbly employed) choir singing "sometimes behave so strangely" in the musical language episode.

I try to stay away from internet vitriol, and I hope this doesn't come off that way. Mostly I'm disappointed and confused by this extra. It feels very unnatural for something so ugly and empty to be presented under the banner of this wonderful show.

Same as Kim- I have an ipod touch and Stochasticity wont sync with my ipod giving the reason that my ipod wont support it. How come- it's a new thing-and I can view the video on itunes and my mac but not the ipod touch.